Let's get some demographic info on DU eh? where do you fit in?

[NMDemDist2]

It was asked what the demo of DU was so I though I'd take a poll.

If you live near or in a large city (within 50 miles) I'd call that urban or suburban, if there is no town above 100K people within 50 miles, call it rural.

also your religious affiliation just for kicks eh?

keep it kicked if you'd be so kind, lets see how we shake out against the national average.

[magellan]

1. You left out "over 40, married, non church goer, urban or suburban"

That's me. :)

[OzarkDem]

3. Me, too

:hi:

[NMDemDist2]

6. yeah, I had to take out the marriage info to get the church stuff

only 10 choices available

[magellan]

23. Too bad, how non-/church goer & marriage line up is always of interest

Maybe a separate poll?

Thanks for the fix, I voted.

[NMDemDist2]

26. yeah, if this gets some recs and good response we can do another one n/t

[mmonk]

11. That's what I was going to say.

Though I go a few times a year (probably doesn't qualify as a church goer).

[ElizabethDC]

2. Other: under-40, single, church-goer, urban

[NMDemDist2]

8. i took out marital status sorry n/t

[kitp]

4. self delete

[sandnsea]

7. Me too n/t

[sandnsea]

5. All married people go to church??

I misread the poll and pushed the wrong place I think. I don't see anyplace for married people who don't go to church.

[NMDemDist2]

10. me either and I are one! I took out the marriage info n/t

[readmoreoften]

9. How do LGBT people with partners fit into this equation?

Legally married? Civil unionized? Consider themselves married?

[NMDemDist2]

13. not enough spaces for all the choices, I took out the relationship info

sorry

:hi:

and FYI I'd consider that married ;)

[readmoreoften]

17. Okay, then I'll respond as married.

:hi:

[Hoof Hearted]

12. under 40, married, church goer, rural

Yeah, from that demo I'm probably supposed to be playing for the other team but damn it, I was born with a heart AND a brain. What a burden.

[NMDemDist2]

30. I recently moved to a rural area and was surprised how many Dems

there are around

:hi:

[evlbstrd]

14. Now you've gone and done it.

Good luck.

[NMDemDist2]

28. hehehe hey this is GD

it'll be archived by morning

:hide:

[K Gardner]

15. I don't go to church much, but I'm Catholic. I think that's normal. Right? n/t

[NMDemDist2]

29. I dunno, but I think that's normal for Catholics

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[JVS]

31. Isn't that like, a mortal sin?

[Hippo_Tron]

47. Not going to Church is perfectly normal, being Catholic on the other hand...

:evilgrin:

[Gormy Cuss]

16. You're missing a whole lot of groups.

Just age and marital status=4 categories. Add churchgoing and you're up to 8.
Add urban/rural, it's 16 categories.

Maybe redo it with only three switches?

on edit: I see that you did. Never mind.

[NMDemDist2]

19. i did, took out marital status

you guys are QUICK

[JVS]

18. I'm under 40. I live in a city (80K, I come from a 1.5M metro area) and I go to church

My affiliation is with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, I go about once a week (to whichever congregation I can find the time to attend, communion factors in as well).

[KitchenWitch]

20. Where does over 40, urban or suburban, solitary witch fit in?

I keed I keed.

:D

[NMDemDist2]

21. ahhhhhh

doodette I'm already confused

i screwed this up totally :rofl:

[KitchenWitch]

22. Meh, you're good.

I am just yankin' yer chain!

:rofl:

[NMDemDist2]

24. argh!!!

:banghead:

I'm no good at this GD shit

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

25. Didn't the last survey DU ran show that the average DUer was

a middle aged white suburbanite woman?

[NMDemDist2]

27. yup, that's what I remember too n/t

[EFerrari]

38. Sorry, I missed that. I was watching Masterpiece Theater.

:rofl:

[Kurovski]

56. You never show up for the Oprah Book Club meetings anymore, either.

:spank:

[evlbstrd]

32. If that's the case

Am I above or below average?

[EFerrari]

33. You're asking the wrong dyslexic!

lol

[NMDemDist2]

34. depends on if you're getting lucky tonight

:evilgrin:

[evlbstrd]

52. Definitely NOT getting lucky.

[scarletwoman]

37. Why not try it both ways?

[evlbstrd]

53. Hmmm.

I'll have to change my profile on those dating sites.

[JeffR]

35. I've always believed the average DUer was a middle-aged

white guy staring at a computer screen through bifocals, with a bong on one side of the desk and a bottle of Thunderbird on the other, while incense and sitar music waft in the air. Oh wait, shit. That's me.

[EFerrari]

36. Because Annie Green Springs isn't made any more.

:rofl:

[JeffR]

39. sigh...

:(

[EFerrari]

40. My first husband wrote the jingle for Red Mountain Wine.

Oh, I've hit the heights!

:rofl:

[JeffR]

41. Kewl!

I went to school with a kid whose mother was Savannah's Romper Room lady for a while. She was nice in person, but it was still a bit scary.

[Swamp Rat]

45. LOL!!!!!!

:rofl:

Nusrat Fateh Ali khan, dude. :D :smoke:

[Gormy Cuss]

50. I'd recommend this post for a DUzy, but..

:rofl:

Thunderbird? Holy cow. I haven't seen a bottle of that since I was 16. It used to be shelved next to the other fine wines like Boone's Farm and Ripple.

[uppityperson]

42. over 40, rural, secular humanist. The world is my church.

not sure where that puts me in your poll though. As for going to a building that has an organized religion backing it, nope, seldom.

[NMDemDist2]

51. that's my answer too

:hi:

[pansypoo53219]

43. uh, 40 exact, urban, lutheran but no church

is that there?

[NV Whino]

44. Good post

I wish we had a more complete demographic breakdown of DU. Perhaps Skinner et al could put together a questionnaire for this purpose.

I know it's a bit daunting because not all of the 111,473 "registered" users are active. But I believe there is a big enough base to provide some interesting information.

I would like to know: location by state; location by urban, suburban or rural or out of country; male/female; age group; religious affiliation; presidential choice at this time; marital status; and probably a few more if I thought about it longer.

[NMDemDist2]

46. yeah that would be a heck of a poll eh? n/t

[mogster]

48. Ouch! I didn't see the 'foreign natnl' before voting

So non-curch goers, urban/suburban gets minus one, and the foreign natnl. plus one.

[NMDemDist2]

49. ok

:hi:

[mogster]

55. *Cough* I was actually in church this evening

Listening to a Christmas concert with my sister's choir :P

Lol, well a kick for your poll-thread :-)

[Mike03]

54. Barely over 40, rural (just barely) and non-churchgoing

but religious, or at least spiritual.

Interesting poll.

[NMDemDist2]

57. thanks for the vote and the kick n/t

[NMDemDist2]

58. kickety n/t